Grant WilliamsErik Townsend welcomes Grant Williams to MacroVoices. Erik and Grant discuss:

  • The likelihood of a US recession
  • The unsustainability of global credit growth
  • The continuing erosion of faith in central bankers
  • The response to negative interest rates in Japan
  • The excesses promised by politicians to citizens of Western Democracies
  • "The Consequences of Economic Peace" 
  • Big Cyles, Kondratieff Waves, The Laws of Nature
  • The similarity between current times and the lead up to WWI
  • Thinking about outcomes we'd rather not and assigning probabilities accordingly
  • The Real Vision TV backstory and their goals in bringing some truth back to financial journalism
  • and more...

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Much to his chagrin, Grant Williams has reached 30 years in finance.

Over that period, he has held senior positions at a number of investment banks and brokers in locations as diverse as London, Tokyo, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore.

Grant is portfolio and strategy advisor to Vulpes Investment Management in Singapore and also one of the founders of Real Vision Television — an online, on-demand finance channel showcasing the brightest minds in finance.